From: Dan Aloni <karrde@callisto.yi.org>
To: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@image.dk>
Subject: cdrom driver dependency problem (and a workaround patch)
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 02:17:18 +0300 (IDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.32.0104210107160.1148-100000@callisto.yi.org> (raw)
Between 2.4.3-ac9 and 2.4.3-ac10 the CDROM Uniform Driver was modified.
The modification added a dependency of the *register_cdrom() functions
on the cdrom_init() function. Theoretically, cdrom_init() should have
been called before any call to register_cdrom(). But practically, when
the CDROM driver is compiled into the kernel and not as a module, it
doesn't happen, and in 2.4.3-ac10 you get an Oops in cdrom_get_entry(),
where the NULL cdrom_numbers gets dereferenced.
One reason for this misdependency is that the IDE is initialized before
the cdrom driver, register_cdrom() gets called from inside the IDE
initialization functions. (ide_init() -> ide_init_builtin_drivers() ->
ide_cdrom_init() -> ide_cdrom_setup() -> ide_cdrom_register() ->
register_cdrom())
In order to get my kernel to boot, I've made the following temporary
workaround patch. I'd be glad to hear about other ways of solving this.
--- linux-2.4.3-ac10/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c Fri Apr 20 23:38:37 2001
+++ linux-2.4.3-ac10/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c Sat Apr 21 01:59:35 2001
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@
static int autoclose=1;
static int autoeject;
static int lockdoor = 1;
+static int initialized;
/* will we ever get to use this... sigh. */
static int check_media_type;
static unsigned long *cdrom_numbers;
@@ -332,6 +333,9 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
static void cdrom_sysctl_register(void);
#endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
+
+static int check_cdrom_init(void);
+
static struct cdrom_device_info *topCdromPtr;
static devfs_handle_t devfs_handle;
@@ -350,6 +354,8 @@
{
int i, nr, foo;
+ printk("Holly damn. cdrom_numbers=0x%p\n",cdrom_numbers);
+
nr = 0;
foo = -1;
for (i = 0; i < CDROM_MAX_CDROMS / (sizeof(unsigned long) * 8); i++) {
@@ -368,7 +374,7 @@
static void cdrom_clear_entry(struct cdrom_device_info *cdi)
{
- int bit_nr = cdi->nr & ~(sizeof(unsigned long) * 8);
+ int bit_nr = cdi->nr % (sizeof(unsigned long) * 8);
int cd_index = cdi->nr / (sizeof(unsigned long) * 8);
clear_bit(bit_nr, &cdrom_numbers[cd_index]);
@@ -388,10 +394,14 @@
int major = MAJOR(cdi->dev);
struct cdrom_device_ops *cdo = cdi->ops;
int *change_capability = (int *)&cdo->capability; /* hack */
+ int rc;
char vname[16];
cdinfo(CD_OPEN, "entering register_cdrom\n");
+ if ((rc = check_cdrom_init()) != 0)
+ return rc;
+
if (major < 0 || major >= MAX_BLKDEV)
return -1;
if (cdo->open == NULL || cdo->release == NULL)
@@ -2706,11 +2716,29 @@
#endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
-static int __init cdrom_init(void)
+static int check_cdrom_init(void)
{
- int n_entries = CDROM_MAX_CDROMS / (sizeof(unsigned long) * 8);
+ if (!initialized)
+ {
+ int n_entries;
+
+ initialized = 1;
+ n_entries = CDROM_MAX_CDROMS / (sizeof(unsigned long) * 8);
- cdrom_numbers = kmalloc(n_entries * sizeof(unsigned long), GFP_KERNEL);
+ cdrom_numbers = kmalloc(n_entries * sizeof(unsigned long), GFP_KERNEL);
+
+ if (cdrom_numbers == NULL)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int __init cdrom_init(void)
+{
+ int rc;
+
+ if ((rc = check_cdrom_init()) != 0)
+ return rc;
#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
cdrom_sysctl_register();
--
Dan Aloni
dax@karrde.org
next reply other threads:[~2001-04-20 23:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-04-20 23:17 Dan Aloni [this message]
2001-04-21 11:44 ` cdrom driver dependency problem (and a workaround patch) Ingo Oeser
2001-04-21 11:45 ` Jens Axboe
2001-04-21 17:33 ` Dan Aloni
2001-04-21 19:26 ` Ingo Oeser
2001-04-21 19:55 ` Dan Aloni
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